The layered structure and bulk composition of continental crust contains important clues about its history of mountain-building, about its magmatic evolution, and about dynamical processes that continue to happen now. Geophysical and geological features such as gravity anomalies, surface topography, lithospheric strength and the deformation that drives the earthquake cycle are all directly related to deep crustal chemistry and the movement of materials through the crust that alter that chemistry. The North American continental crust records billions of years of history of tectonic and dynamical changes. The western U.S. is currently experiencing a diverse array of dynamical processes including modification by the Yellowstone hotspot, shortening and extension related to Pacific coast subduction and transform boundary shear, and plate interior seismicity driven by flow of the lower crust and upper mantle. The midcontinent and eastern U.S. is mostly stable but records a history of ancient continental collision and rifting. EarthScope’s USArray seismic deployment has collected massive amounts of data across the entire United States that illuminates the deep continental crust, lithosphere and deeper mantle. This study uses EarthScope data to investigate the thickness and composition of the continental crust, including properties of its upper and lower layers. One-layer and two-layer models of crustal properties exhibit interesting relationships to the history of North American continental formation and recent tectonic activities that promise to significantly improve our understanding of the deep processes that shape the Earth’s surface. Model results show that seismic velocity ratios are unusually low in the lower crust under the western U.S. Cordillera. Further modeling of how chemistry affects the seismic velocity ratio at temperatures and pressures found in the lower crust suggests that low seismic velocity ratios occur when water is mixed into the mineral matrix, and the combination of high temperature and water may point to small amounts of melt in the lower crust of Cordillera.

A parametric study of oil-jet lubrication in gear wheels is conducted using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to study the effect of the different design parameters on the cooling performance in a gearbox. Flow in oil jet lubrication is found to be complex with the formation of oil ligaments and droplets. Various hole radii of 1.5, 2 and 2.5 mm along with five oil velocities is analyzed and it is found that at lower volumetric rates, velocity has more effect on the cooling and at higher volumetric rates, hole size has more effect on the cooling. At higher velocities, the heat transfer is much greater than the actual heat production in the gear wheel, hence these velocity ratios are considered less suitable for jet lubrication. At low velocity ratios of below 2, the oil doesn’t fully impinge the gear bottom land and the sides leading to low cooling. Based on the cooling, impingement length and amount of oil lost to the casing surface, 2 mm hole with a velocity ratio of 2.225 is selected for a successful oil jet lubrication. Varying the inlet position in X, Y and Z directions (horizontal, vertical and lateral respectively) is found to have no improvement on the cooling. Making the oil jet hit the gear wheel surface at an angle is found to increase the cooling. Analysis with the use of a pipe to supply oil was conducted with circular and square inlet and it was found that the heat transfer decreases in both cases due to the splitting of oil jet caused by the combination of the effects of high pressure from the pipe and vorticity in the air field. A method has been developed for two gear analysis using overset meshes which can be used for further studies of jet lubrication in multi-gear systems. Single inlet is found to be better for cooling two gear wheels as it would require a reduced volumetric flow rate compared to double inlets. Oil system requirements for jet lubrication was studied and it was concluded that larger pumps have to be used to provide the high volumetric rates and highly pressurized oil required. On comparing the experimental losses from dip lubrication and the analytical losses for jet lubrication, dip lubrication is found to have lesser loses and more suitable for this case. Good quality lubrication would reduce the fuel consumption and also increase the longevity of gearboxes and hence more research into analyzing alternate lubrication systems can be carried out using the results from this thesis.

The research presented in this thesis regards walking of quadruped robots, and particularly the walking of the Warp1 robot. The motivation for the robot is to provide a platform for autonomous walking in rough terrain. The thesis contains six papers ranging from development tools to actuation of robot legs. The first paper describes the methods and tools made for control development. These tools feature: programming of the robot without low level coding (C-code); that the controller has to be built only once for simulation and experiments; and that names of variables and constants are unchanged through the chain of software Maple -- Matlab -- Simulink -- Real~Time~Workshop -- xPC--Target. Three controllers, each making the robot walk are presented. The first controller makes the robot walk using the crawl gait. The method uses static stability as method for keeping balance and the instantaneous trunk motions are given by a concept using the so called weight ratios. A method for planning new footholds based on the positions of the existing footholds is also proposed and the controller experimentally verified. The second walking controller shows that the robot also can walk dynamically using the trot gait. The method proposed uses information from ground contact sensors on the feet as input to control balance, instead of, which is common, inertial sensors. It is experimentally verified that Warp1 can trot from level ground onto a slope and turn around while staying balanced. The main ideas of these two walking controllers are fused in the third which enables smooth transitions between crawl and trot. The idea of using the ground contact sensors from the first controller is here used to estimate the position of the center of mass. This controller uses weight ratios in the gait crawl as well as in the dynamic gait trot. Hence, the method of using weight ratios is not only useful for static stability for which it was originally intended. The controller is experimentally verified on Warp1. The Warp1 robot weighs about 60 kg, has 0.6 m long legs with three actuated joints on each. The speed and strength is sufficient only for slow walking, even though the installed power indicates that it should be enough for faster walking. The reason is that a walking robot often needs to be strong but slow when the feet are on the ground and the opposite when in the air. This can not be achieved with the motors and transmissions currently used. A transmission called the passively variable transmission (PVT) is proposed which enhance motor capabilities of robot joints. It is elastic, nonlinear and conservative. Some general properties for elastic transmissions are derived such that they can be compared with conventional transmissions. The PVT gives strong actuation at large loads and fast actuation at small loads. The proposed transmission is compared to a conventional transmission for a specific task, and the result is that a smaller motor can be used. / QC 20100831

Utilizamos neste trabalho duas metodologias distintas, a função do receptor com ondas P e a função do receptor com ondas S, para mapear variações da crosta e interfaces do manto (litosfera-astenosfera, 410 km e 660 km) em diferentes estações sismográficas na placa Sul-Americana. No estudo da interface litosfera-astenosfera, por ser o primeiro realizado nesta região, utilizamos as estações temporárias do IAG/USP em conjunto com as estações permanentes da rede mundial cobrindo toda a placa Sul-Americana. O estudo para as outras interfaces (Crosta-Manto, 410 km e 660 km) foi feito com caráter regional, buscando detalhar características da crosta e manto na região estável da placa. Para ambos os métodos os traços (sismogramas) foram rotacionados para o sistema LQT, deconvolvidos, agrupados por pontos de perfuração e por estações, e finalmente empilhados. Nos traços empilhados as fases convertidas de interesse (Ps, Ppps, Ppss+Psps e Sp) foram identificadas e interpretadas. Para a parte estável da placa obtivemos um valor médio de espessura da crosta de 39.4±0.6 km, variando desde 31.0±0.5 km para a província Borborema, até 41.3±1.0 km para a bacia do Paraná, onde aplicamos uma correção para descontar o efeito do sedimento. A razão de velocidade para a crosta, Vp/Vs, apresentou valores mais altos para a bacia do Paraná (~1.75±0.08) e região litorânea oriental (>1.74), enquanto que as regiões cratônicas (cráton São Francisco e Amazônico) apresentaram valores de Vp/Vs baixos (<1.72), chegando até 1.68. O valor médio de Vp/Vs para todas as estações analisadas foi de 1.73±0.02. As variações dos tempos para as interfaces do manto mostraram boa correlação com resultados de tomografia sísmica de outros trabalhos, indicando alterações de até 5% na velocidade das ondas sísmicas para o manto superior sob os crátons, uma deflexão de até 15 km na interface de 660 km para a região Sul da bacia do Paraná e se mostraram bem correlacionadas com as médias globais para as outras região estudadas. Por fim, a espessura da litosfera apresentou valores desde ~40 km, sob as regiões de ilhas oceânicas, até ~160 km, sob as regiões mais estáveis. Para as regiões oceânicas a espessura da litosfera se mostra correlacionada com a idade da placa. À medida que adentramos a parte continental, o limite litosfera-astenosfera se torna menos proeminente, atingindo profundidades maiores no interior dos continentes e menores para as regiões marginais. Para a zona de subducção, observamos duas possíveis litosferas, uma oceânica, subduzindo junto com a placa de Nazca, e outra pertencente à parte continental. / Two distinct methodologies, the P- and S-wave receiver functions, are used to map variations in the crustal parameters (thickness and Vp/Vs) and mantle interfaces (lithosphere-asthenosphere, 410 km and 660 km) on a number of different seismograph stations located in the South American plate. The results of the S receiver function for the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary are the first of this kind ever performed in South American continent and showed the large scale variations of this interface. To perform this study we analyze data from various global permanent stations together with all available data from temporary stations operated by the IAG/USP during the last15 years. For both methods the traces (seismograms) were rotated to the LQT system, deconvolved, grouped by piercing points and stations, and finally stacked. In the stacked traces, the converted phases (Ps, Ppps, Ppss+Psps and Sp) were identified and interpreted. Inside the stable part of the plate we found a mean crustal thickness of 39.4±0.6 km, ranging from 31.0±0.5 km in Borborema Province up to 41.3±1.0 km in the Paraná Basin, where we applied a correction to remove the sediment effects on the crustal estimates. The crustal velocity ratios, Vp/Vs, showed higher values for the Paraná Basin (~1.75±0.08) and Ribeira belt (>1.74), while the cratonic regions (São Francisco and Amazon cratons) showed low values of Vp/Vs (<1.72), down to 1.68. The average Vp/Vs obtained for all stations was equal to 1.73±0.02. The observed times of the converted mantle phases presented a good correlation with other tomographic studies, indicating that the upper mantle for the cratonic roots may be characterized by a variation up to 5% in seismic velocities, a 15 km deflection in the South Paraná 660 km discontinuity (probably due to a decreased temperature caused by the subducted slab); for other regions the converted times were close to the global average. As a final result, the lithospheric thickness presented values ranging from ~40 km under oceanic islands, to ~160 km under the stable continental regions. We found that for the oceanic islands the thickness of the lithosphere is correlated with the age of the plate. When we go further inside the continents, the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary becomes less sharp, reaching larger depths inside the continents and shallower depths near the continental margin. In the Andean subduction area, we observed two possibles lithospheres, one oceanic, subducting together with the Nazca plate, and another belonging to the Continent, parallel to the crust interface.

Utilizamos neste trabalho duas metodologias distintas, a função do receptor com ondas P e a função do receptor com ondas S, para mapear variações da crosta e interfaces do manto (litosfera-astenosfera, 410 km e 660 km) em diferentes estações sismográficas na placa Sul-Americana. No estudo da interface litosfera-astenosfera, por ser o primeiro realizado nesta região, utilizamos as estações temporárias do IAG/USP em conjunto com as estações permanentes da rede mundial cobrindo toda a placa Sul-Americana. O estudo para as outras interfaces (Crosta-Manto, 410 km e 660 km) foi feito com caráter regional, buscando detalhar características da crosta e manto na região estável da placa. Para ambos os métodos os traços (sismogramas) foram rotacionados para o sistema LQT, deconvolvidos, agrupados por pontos de perfuração e por estações, e finalmente empilhados. Nos traços empilhados as fases convertidas de interesse (Ps, Ppps, Ppss+Psps e Sp) foram identificadas e interpretadas. Para a parte estável da placa obtivemos um valor médio de espessura da crosta de 39.4±0.6 km, variando desde 31.0±0.5 km para a província Borborema, até 41.3±1.0 km para a bacia do Paraná, onde aplicamos uma correção para descontar o efeito do sedimento. A razão de velocidade para a crosta, Vp/Vs, apresentou valores mais altos para a bacia do Paraná (~1.75±0.08) e região litorânea oriental (>1.74), enquanto que as regiões cratônicas (cráton São Francisco e Amazônico) apresentaram valores de Vp/Vs baixos (<1.72), chegando até 1.68. O valor médio de Vp/Vs para todas as estações analisadas foi de 1.73±0.02. As variações dos tempos para as interfaces do manto mostraram boa correlação com resultados de tomografia sísmica de outros trabalhos, indicando alterações de até 5% na velocidade das ondas sísmicas para o manto superior sob os crátons, uma deflexão de até 15 km na interface de 660 km para a região Sul da bacia do Paraná e se mostraram bem correlacionadas com as médias globais para as outras região estudadas. Por fim, a espessura da litosfera apresentou valores desde ~40 km, sob as regiões de ilhas oceânicas, até ~160 km, sob as regiões mais estáveis. Para as regiões oceânicas a espessura da litosfera se mostra correlacionada com a idade da placa. À medida que adentramos a parte continental, o limite litosfera-astenosfera se torna menos proeminente, atingindo profundidades maiores no interior dos continentes e menores para as regiões marginais. Para a zona de subducção, observamos duas possíveis litosferas, uma oceânica, subduzindo junto com a placa de Nazca, e outra pertencente à parte continental. / Two distinct methodologies, the P- and S-wave receiver functions, are used to map variations in the crustal parameters (thickness and Vp/Vs) and mantle interfaces (lithosphere-asthenosphere, 410 km and 660 km) on a number of different seismograph stations located in the South American plate. The results of the S receiver function for the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary are the first of this kind ever performed in South American continent and showed the large scale variations of this interface. To perform this study we analyze data from various global permanent stations together with all available data from temporary stations operated by the IAG/USP during the last15 years. For both methods the traces (seismograms) were rotated to the LQT system, deconvolved, grouped by piercing points and stations, and finally stacked. In the stacked traces, the converted phases (Ps, Ppps, Ppss+Psps and Sp) were identified and interpreted. Inside the stable part of the plate we found a mean crustal thickness of 39.4±0.6 km, ranging from 31.0±0.5 km in Borborema Province up to 41.3±1.0 km in the Paraná Basin, where we applied a correction to remove the sediment effects on the crustal estimates. The crustal velocity ratios, Vp/Vs, showed higher values for the Paraná Basin (~1.75±0.08) and Ribeira belt (>1.74), while the cratonic regions (São Francisco and Amazon cratons) showed low values of Vp/Vs (<1.72), down to 1.68. The average Vp/Vs obtained for all stations was equal to 1.73±0.02. The observed times of the converted mantle phases presented a good correlation with other tomographic studies, indicating that the upper mantle for the cratonic roots may be characterized by a variation up to 5% in seismic velocities, a 15 km deflection in the South Paraná 660 km discontinuity (probably due to a decreased temperature caused by the subducted slab); for other regions the converted times were close to the global average. As a final result, the lithospheric thickness presented values ranging from ~40 km under oceanic islands, to ~160 km under the stable continental regions. We found that for the oceanic islands the thickness of the lithosphere is correlated with the age of the plate. When we go further inside the continents, the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary becomes less sharp, reaching larger depths inside the continents and shallower depths near the continental margin. In the Andean subduction area, we observed two possibles lithospheres, one oceanic, subducting together with the Nazca plate, and another belonging to the Continent, parallel to the crust interface.

Die Arbeit befaßt sich mit Methoden der Identifikation von Schwingungsursachen anhand gemessener Schwingungssignale an Maschinen mit ungleichförmig übersetzenden Getrieben. Den technischen Hintergrund bilden die Verarbeitungsmaschinen, die als ein Haupteinsatzgebiet der auch als Mechanismen bezeichneten Getriebe gelten. Es werden eine ganze Reihe mechanismentypischer Schwingungsursachen untersucht, die im wesentlichen auf Elastizitäten, veränderliche Parameter, Spiel, Reibung und Unstetigkeiten in den Lagefunktionen zurückzuführen sind. Neben den traditionellen Methoden der Signalanalyse gilt das Hauptaugenmerk den neuen Methoden der Zeit-Frequenz-Analyse, die dem zumeist instationären Charakter der durch die Mechanismen verursachten Schwingungen gerecht werden. Dazu zählen vor allem lineare Transformationen wie die Kurzzeit-Fourier- oder die Wavelet-Transformation, quadratische Verteilungen aus Cohen's Klasse wie die Wigner-Ville und die Choi-Williams Verteilung oder auch höhere Transformationen wie die Adaptive Optimal Kernel oder die Reassignment Methode. Die Untersuchungen münden in einer tabellarischen Zusammenstellung der gefundenen Merkmale. Diese soll der Unterstützung der praktischen Signalanalyse bei Mechanismenschwingungen dienen. Die Anwendung der zur Verfügung stehenden Mittel und Methoden wird an zahlreichen Beispielen aus dem Bereich der Schwingungsdiagnose an Verarbeitungsmaschinen demonstriert. / This thesis deals with methods to identify causes of vibrations by investigation of messured signals at machines with mechanisms (with varying velocity ratio). The technical background is the field of manufacturing machines, the main application of such mechanisms. Inspected are the most typical causes of vibrations at mechanisms that comes with elasticity, variable parameters, clearance, friction or nonsmooth transferfunctions. There are used both, traditional methods of signal analysis and time-frequency-analysis methods that are especially advantageous for the often instationary vibrations at this kind of machines. Linear transformations like the Short-Time-Fourier- or the Wavelet-Transformation, quadratic distributions from Cohe's Class like the Wigner-Ville- or the Choi-Williams-Distribution and higher order transformations like the Adaptive Optimal Kernel or the Reassignment Method are used in this Paper. The investigation leads into a tabular form of characteristics wich should be used for identification of vibrational causes during vibrational analysis. The use of available methods is demonstrated by solving various examples on real manufactoring machines.

Die Arbeit befaßt sich mit Methoden der Identifikation von Schwingungsursachen anhand gemessener Schwingungssignale an Maschinen mit ungleichförmig übersetzenden Getrieben. Den technischen Hintergrund bilden die Verarbeitungsmaschinen, die als ein Haupteinsatzgebiet der auch als Mechanismen bezeichneten Getriebe gelten. Es werden eine ganze Reihe mechanismentypischer Schwingungsursachen untersucht, die im wesentlichen auf Elastizitäten, veränderliche Parameter, Spiel, Reibung und Unstetigkeiten in den Lagefunktionen zurückzuführen sind. Neben den traditionellen Methoden der Signalanalyse gilt das Hauptaugenmerk den neuen Methoden der Zeit-Frequenz-Analyse, die dem zumeist instationären Charakter der durch die Mechanismen verursachten Schwingungen gerecht werden. Dazu zählen vor allem lineare Transformationen wie die Kurzzeit-Fourier- oder die Wavelet-Transformation, quadratische Verteilungen aus Cohen's Klasse wie die Wigner-Ville und die Choi-Williams Verteilung oder auch höhere Transformationen wie die Adaptive Optimal Kernel oder die Reassignment Methode. Die Untersuchungen münden in einer tabellarischen Zusammenstellung der gefundenen Merkmale. Diese soll der Unterstützung der praktischen Signalanalyse bei Mechanismenschwingungen dienen. Die Anwendung der zur Verfügung stehenden Mittel und Methoden wird an zahlreichen Beispielen aus dem Bereich der Schwingungsdiagnose an Verarbeitungsmaschinen demonstriert. - - - Diese Version ersetzt eine ältere Version, Grund: Formatkonvertierung postscript zu pdf. Der Inhalt unterscheidet sich in der Qualität der Abb. 4.23a und 4.23b auf Seite 97 sowie aller Abbildungen auf Seite 111. Der Zugriff auf die Original-Abb. ist über die ältere Version oder die gedruckte Ausgabe möglich. Die gedruckte Ausgabe der Dissertation ist in der Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz entleihbar. / This thesis deals with methods to identify causes of vibrations by investigation of messured signals at machines with mechanisms (with varying velocity ratio). The technical background is the field of manufacturing machines, the main application of such mechanisms. Inspected are the most typical causes of vibrations at mechanisms that comes with elasticity, variable parameters, clearance, friction or nonsmooth transferfunctions. There are used both, traditional methods of signal analysis and time-frequency-analysis methods that are especially advantageous for the often instationary vibrations at this kind of machines. Linear transformations like the Short-Time-Fourier- or the Wavelet-Transformation, quadratic distributions from Cohe's Class like the Wigner-Ville- or the Choi-Williams-Distribution and higher order transformations like the Adaptive Optimal Kernel or the Reassignment Method are used in this Paper. The investigation leads into a tabular form of characteristics wich should be used for identification of vibrational causes during vibrational analysis. The use of available methods is demonstrated by solving various examples on real manufactoring machines. - - - This version replaces an older version, reason is conversion of format from postscript to pdf. Content is different in quality of pictures 4.23a and 4.23b on page 97 and all pictures on page 111. Please see the original pictures in the older version or the printed version. The printed version is borrowable at the Library of Chemnitz University of Technology.

Die Arbeit befaßt sich mit Methoden der Identifikation von Schwingungsursachen anhand gemessener Schwingungssignale an Maschinen mit ungleichförmig übersetzenden Getrieben. Den technischen Hintergrund bilden die Verarbeitungsmaschinen, die als ein Haupteinsatzgebiet der auch als Mechanismen bezeichneten Getriebe gelten. Es werden eine ganze Reihe mechanismentypischer Schwingungsursachen untersucht, die im wesentlichen auf Elastizitäten, veränderliche Parameter, Spiel, Reibung und Unstetigkeiten in den Lagefunktionen zurückzuführen sind. Neben den traditionellen Methoden der Signalanalyse gilt das Hauptaugenmerk den neuen Methoden der Zeit-Frequenz-Analyse, die dem zumeist instationären Charakter der durch die Mechanismen verursachten Schwingungen gerecht werden. Dazu zählen vor allem lineare Transformationen wie die Kurzzeit-Fourier- oder die Wavelet-Transformation, quadratische Verteilungen aus Cohen's Klasse wie die Wigner-Ville und die Choi-Williams Verteilung oder auch höhere Transformationen wie die Adaptive Optimal Kernel oder die Reassignment Methode. Die Untersuchungen münden in einer tabellarischen Zusammenstellung der gefundenen Merkmale. Diese soll der Unterstützung der praktischen Signalanalyse bei Mechanismenschwingungen dienen. Die Anwendung der zur Verfügung stehenden Mittel und Methoden wird an zahlreichen Beispielen aus dem Bereich der Schwingungsdiagnose an Verarbeitungsmaschinen demonstriert. / This thesis deals with methods to identify causes of vibrations by investigation of messured signals at machines with mechanisms (with varying velocity ratio). The technical background is the field of manufacturing machines, the main application of such mechanisms. Inspected are the most typical causes of vibrations at mechanisms that comes with elasticity, variable parameters, clearance, friction or nonsmooth transferfunctions. There are used both, traditional methods of signal analysis and time-frequency-analysis methods that are especially advantageous for the often instationary vibrations at this kind of machines. Linear transformations like the Short-Time-Fourier- or the Wavelet-Transformation, quadratic distributions from Cohe's Class like the Wigner-Ville- or the Choi-Williams-Distribution and higher order transformations like the Adaptive Optimal Kernel or the Reassignment Method are used in this Paper. The investigation leads into a tabular form of characteristics wich should be used for identification of vibrational causes during vibrational analysis. The use of available methods is demonstrated by solving various examples on real manufactoring machines.

Die Arbeit befaßt sich mit Methoden der Identifikation von Schwingungsursachen anhand gemessener Schwingungssignale an Maschinen mit ungleichförmig übersetzenden Getrieben. Den technischen Hintergrund bilden die Verarbeitungsmaschinen, die als ein Haupteinsatzgebiet der auch als Mechanismen bezeichneten Getriebe gelten. Es werden eine ganze Reihe mechanismentypischer Schwingungsursachen untersucht, die im wesentlichen auf Elastizitäten, veränderliche Parameter, Spiel, Reibung und Unstetigkeiten in den Lagefunktionen zurückzuführen sind. Neben den traditionellen Methoden der Signalanalyse gilt das Hauptaugenmerk den neuen Methoden der Zeit-Frequenz-Analyse, die dem zumeist instationären Charakter der durch die Mechanismen verursachten Schwingungen gerecht werden. Dazu zählen vor allem lineare Transformationen wie die Kurzzeit-Fourier- oder die Wavelet-Transformation, quadratische Verteilungen aus Cohen's Klasse wie die Wigner-Ville und die Choi-Williams Verteilung oder auch höhere Transformationen wie die Adaptive Optimal Kernel oder die Reassignment Methode. Die Untersuchungen münden in einer tabellarischen Zusammenstellung der gefundenen Merkmale. Diese soll der Unterstützung der praktischen Signalanalyse bei Mechanismenschwingungen dienen. Die Anwendung der zur Verfügung stehenden Mittel und Methoden wird an zahlreichen Beispielen aus dem Bereich der Schwingungsdiagnose an Verarbeitungsmaschinen demonstriert. - - - Diese Version ersetzt eine ältere Version, Grund: Formatkonvertierung postscript zu pdf. Der Inhalt unterscheidet sich in der Qualität der Abb. 4.23a und 4.23b auf Seite 97 sowie aller Abbildungen auf Seite 111. Der Zugriff auf die Original-Abb. ist über die ältere Version oder die gedruckte Ausgabe möglich. Die gedruckte Ausgabe der Dissertation ist in der Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz entleihbar. / This thesis deals with methods to identify causes of vibrations by investigation of messured signals at machines with mechanisms (with varying velocity ratio). The technical background is the field of manufacturing machines, the main application of such mechanisms. Inspected are the most typical causes of vibrations at mechanisms that comes with elasticity, variable parameters, clearance, friction or nonsmooth transferfunctions. There are used both, traditional methods of signal analysis and time-frequency-analysis methods that are especially advantageous for the often instationary vibrations at this kind of machines. Linear transformations like the Short-Time-Fourier- or the Wavelet-Transformation, quadratic distributions from Cohe's Class like the Wigner-Ville- or the Choi-Williams-Distribution and higher order transformations like the Adaptive Optimal Kernel or the Reassignment Method are used in this Paper. The investigation leads into a tabular form of characteristics wich should be used for identification of vibrational causes during vibrational analysis. The use of available methods is demonstrated by solving various examples on real manufactoring machines. - - - This version replaces an older version, reason is conversion of format from postscript to pdf. Content is different in quality of pictures 4.23a and 4.23b on page 97 and all pictures on page 111. Please see the original pictures in the older version or the printed version. The printed version is borrowable at the Library of Chemnitz University of Technology.